Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised"

zacharye writes "Microsoft has a long and storied history of leadership in the tech industry, and the company has driven innovation for decades. In recent years, however, Microsoft has fallen behind the times in several key industries; the company's mobile position has deteriorated and left it with a low single-digit market share, and Microsoft won't launch Windows RT, its response to Apple's three-year-old iPad, until later this year. In a recent piece titled 'Microsoft’s Lost Decade,' Vanity Fair contributor Kurt Eichenwald analyzes the company’s 'astonishingly foolish management decisions' and picks apart moves made during the Steve Ballmer era."

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Re:Drip, Drip, Drip

[Anonymous Coward]

From TFA:
"Microsoft has a long and storied history of leadership in the tech industry, and the company has driven innovation for decades. "

Yeah, right. Next thing you know, they'll claim Al Gore invented the Internet.

Re:Really?

[SerpentMage]

Oh great a Microsoft Monkey Manager pointing out how many great papers are published! Come on anonymous are you from Microsoft? Just because you publish ten million papers does not mean you can actually make money from it. Take a look at your bottom line please. You spend more money than you generate. The purpose of R&D is not to pump out papers. The purpose of R&D is to improve the viability, revenues, and returns of your company. You are supposed to show progress. While you might argue, but wait some stuff is fundamentals that does not have an immediate payback, I will counter, agreed. HOWEVER, Microsoft R&D has been around for more than a decade and I am still waiting for that fabled amazing product done with fundamental research! Simply put Microsoft Research is a deadweight much like the rest of Microsoft...